Bastille - "Flaws"

[Juan Carlos]

Already a Top 20 hit on Alternative, looks like Bastille will push "Flaws" as the follow-up CHR/Pop single from Bad Blood.

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[Web]

I don't think this will do much, sadly. Alternative is really pushing every big song to pop though. Stolen Dance, Dangerous, Riptide, Fever, A Sky Full Of Stars, I Wanna Get Better, and now this.

Now a bunch of them are doomed to be lost in the shuffle, we just have to find out which ones will.

[Bluemargay]

Why didn't they send Bad Blood. That song is awesome.

[alfonzo]

This one is so boring. I don't understand why they never sent "Of the Night" to Pop.

[zjames]

No, I'm a big Bastille fan, but this isn't going to do much. They should have done a dual release of Of The Night on Pop when Bad Blood was released to Alt.

[allow that]

I actually love Bastille's album EXCEPT for "Pompeii" and "Flaws." While "Pompeii" still stood out as a hit anyway (like it was so obvious, it's probably the reason I disliked it), this one does significantly less so. "Of The Night" or brand new song "Bad_news" would have been better choices, not to even mention "Laura Palmer."

[H.]

This is the only Bastille song I love and I would like to see it do well, But I don't think it will do too much on pop.

[Juan Carlos]

I like "Flaws", but I was expecting "Of the Night" or, even, "Things We Lost in the Fire" to be pushed here. However, despite of its recent success on Alternative, I think it's kind of late to promote a new one in this format if it's considered that "Pompeii" was huge months ago and Bastille may have lost the buzz they did with it. Hope I'm wrong though.

[maine]

Not what I would have picked. "Of the Night", "Bad Blood" or "Things We Lost In the Fire" would have been good choices. I don't see this doing much since they've lost all of their buzz by waiting to long to release a follow-up to "Pompeii" on Pop.

[nick64]

Ew at them skipping "Bad Blood" but going with this

[jjose712]

Aug 20, 2014 14:20:47 GMT -5 alfonzo said:

This one is so boring. I don't understand why they never sent "Of the Night" to Pop.

Yes, i don't understand either. Well, it's obvious they can't send Of the night to Alternative (Snap and Corona never were very alternative) but it's the obvious pop choice, and it was the only big hit they had after Pompeii

[Hefty Hanna]

'Of The Night' and 'Things We Lost...' are the only two that make sense to send here.

[lyhom]

I'd rather have "Bad Blood" or "Of The Night".

I guess this isn't bad, it might grow on me, but for now this does nothing.

[ListenToItTwice]

This has always been a standout on the album for me.. I don't expect it to go any higher than #25.

[Libra]

Aug 20, 2014 17:54:52 GMT -5 maine said:

Not what I would have picked. "Of the Night", "Bad Blood" or "Things We Lost In the Fire" would have been good choices. I don't see this doing much since they've lost all of their buzz by waiting to long to release a follow-up to "Pompeii" on Pop.

Flip-side: If they'd released a follow-up sooner only to have that buried by "Pompeii", which is still Top 40 recurrentless currently.

[ZAYN]

"Things We Lost in The Fire" would have probably been a better bet, it's very One Republic and almost reminiscent of a "Counting Stars" and we all know how that went. Hold that out to late fall then "Oblivion" slides into #1 in record pace.

The whole album is fantastic tho. "Flaws" is great, so I hope for the best.

[maine]

Aug 21, 2014 15:39:26 GMT -5 Libra said:

Aug 20, 2014 17:54:52 GMT -5 maine said:

Not what I would have picked. "Of the Night", "Bad Blood" or "Things We Lost In the Fire" would have been good choices. I don't see this doing much since they've lost all of their buzz by waiting to long to release a follow-up to "Pompeii" on Pop.

Flip-side: If they'd released a follow-up sooner only to have that buried by "Pompeii", which is still Top 40 recurrentless currently.

Yeah I didn't take that into consideration. I still hear "Pompeii" on the radio all the time. So who knows, maybe they still have some buzz, though most people are sick of "Pompeii".

[Juan Carlos]

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[jma]

This song is great for alternative radio, but not sure if its catchy enough for top 40 listeners, agreed that they should've gone with Bad Blood instead

[dzjx]

This is probably my favorite from the album, but might have gone with Laura Palmer or Things We Lost, or Overjoyed. Not sure why everyone is saying Bad Blood, this is way more catchy than that, no?

[Juan Carlos]

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